Plants to 15 cm, soft. Stems 2-4 mm wide across leafy stem, irregularly branched to pinnate, branches to 2 cm. Stem leaves erect-spreading to squarrose, not crowded (stem visible between leaves) except at stem apices, broadly ovate-triangular, not plicate or rugose, 2.3-4.2 × 1.1-2 mm; base not or scarcely sheathing, broadly rounded to insertion; apex abruptly narrowed, acumen long, channeled; costa to 1/3 leaf length; alar cells distinct, shorter, wider than basal cells, walls thin, not porose; medial laminal cells 40-75 × 5-7 µm, smooth. Branch leaves ovate to lanceolate, 1.3-2.8 × 0.4-1.3 mm. Capsule ovoid, 1-2.2 mm.